Determining event patterns for monitored applications

Abstract

Providing information of a monitored system through a graphical user interface (GUI) of a monitoring application to support simplified or automatic identification of events. The method includes initiating an event pattern script recording. The method also includes keeping track of user actions on said GUI and on activated GUI panels during said event pattern script recording by requesting a user to specify, once the user activates a further GUI panel, which panel information in a current GUI panel triggered activation of said further GUI panel and based on what criterion the triggering occurred. The user specified information results in triggering information. The method also includes, in response to receiving an indication that an event has been identified, stopping said event pattern script recording. The method also includes, storing said event pattern script recording, GUI panel information and said triggering information.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computerized method for providing information of a monitored system, through a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display, of a monitoring application, said method comprising:
 initiating an event pattern script recording; 
 keeping track of user actions on said GUI and on activated GUI panels during said event pattern script recording by requesting a user to specify, once the user activates a further GUI panel, which panel information in a current GUI panel triggered activation of said further GUI panel and based on what criterion the triggering occurred, resulting in triggering information; 
 in response to receiving an indication that an event has been identified, stopping said event pattern script recording; and 
 storing said event pattern script recording containing identification information identifying the event, GUI panel information about said activated GUI panels during said event pattern script recording and said triggering information. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising comparing script information stored in said event pattern script recording with current monitored information for determining whether said event pattern script recording matches a current event in the monitored system. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising replaying said event pattern script recording by displaying at least a recorded subsequence of said activated GUI panels providing current monitored information. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 2 , wherein said comparing is triggered by at least one of the following: a user interaction, a threshold event, or a timer event. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing a set of categories of monitored information and a set of actions for said categories; 
 requesting the user to specify which of the actions need to be carried out for the further GUI information to be displayed in said further GUI panel before opening said further GUI panel when the user activates said further GUI panel during said event pattern script recording; and 
 storing said specified actions in said event pattern script recording. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein said actions comprise at least one of the following:
 sorting, filtering, or formatting the further GUI information to be displayed in said further GUI panel. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 compacting said stored event pattern script recording; and 
 comparing said compacted information with current monitored information. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 generating a new GUI panel based on said compacted event pattern script recording; and 
 displaying said new GUI panel providing the current monitored information. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising requesting the user to specify an event description for said event pattern script recording. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said monitored information comprises properties of Information Technology resources, each said Information Technology resource belonging to a category, and said triggering information comprises filter criteria on specific properties of said Information Technology resources. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said monitoring application is a performance monitoring application and said event pattern script recording is related to a performance problem.